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CVE-2012-4225

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2012-05-10 NVIDIA UNIX driver -- access to arbitrary system memory

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CVE-2012-4225 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2012-4225
Phase Assigned(20120808)

Description

NVIDIA UNIX graphics driver before 295.71 and before 304.32 allows local users to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and gain privileges by modifying the VGA window using /dev/nvidia0.

References

Source Reference
FULLDISC 20120801 nvidia linux binary driver priv escalation exploit
FULLDISC 20120804 nvidia linux binary driver priv escalation exploit
MLIST [oss-security] 20120801 CVE Request: NVidia Linux driver
MLIST [oss-security] 20120808 Re: CVE Request: NVidia Linux driver
CONFIRM http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3140
GENTOO GLSA-201304-01

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